Sidney J. Furie
Toronto-born Sidney J. Furie has enjoyed a distinguished career that has spanned over six decades. Having worked in every genre, Furie has directed films starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, Diana Ross, Michael Caine, Peter O'Toole, Rodney Dangerfield, Barbara Hershey, Gene Hackman, Donald Sutherland, Laurence Olivier, and countless others. He is most known for the espionage classic The Ipcress File (1965), the landmark biopic Lady Sings the Blues (1972), the franchise-generating Iron Eagle (1986), the Scorsese-beloved horror saga The Entity (1982), and the Vietnam combat chronicle The Boys in Company C (1978), which later partly inspired Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. His first two films, A Dangerous Age (1957) and A Cool Sound from Hell (1959), both independently financed, were two of the first English Canadian features ever made, produced before he emigrated to London in 1960. He became an important figure in the British New Wave, especially with The Boys (1962) and his realist drama The Leather Boys (1964), a critical darling that became a popular cult film.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
February 25, 1933Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
57Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cast credits
Crew credits
Iron Eagle III
Novel
The Veteran
Director
Iron Eagle
Screenplay, Director
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Director
Lady Sings the Blues
Director
The Entity
Director
Iron Eagle II
Characters, Director, Screenplay
The Taking of Beverly Hills
Story, Director
Hide and Seek
Director
The Appaloosa
Director
The Boys in Company C
Director, Writer
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Director
American Soldiers
Director
The Four Horsemen
Director
Purple Hearts
Director, Writer
The Ipcress File
Director
My 5 Wives
Director
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Director
Top of the World
Director
Global Heresy
Director
Under Heavy Fire
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